Grammar for Native Speakers SPAN 304

Hispanos II SPAN 304
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Grammar for Native Speakers SPAN 304
Course Syllabus
I.!
REQUIRED MATERIALS
Maqueo, Ana María.
II.!
“Hispanos II”
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SUPPORTING MATERIALS
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Lyrintzis, Alonso. Zaslow, Deana and Brandon. “Entre mundos: “ A integrated
Approach For the native speaker” U.S.A. Pearson Prentice Hall. Second Edition
2004.
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Francés, María Elena. Benitéz. “Manual de gramática y de ortografía para
hispanos” USA: Pearson Prentice Hall, 2004.
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Munguía Zatarain, Irma. Munguía Zatarain, Martha Elena. Rocha Romero, Gilda.
“Gramática española: Reglas y ejercicios” Larousse 2003.
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González, Alfonso. González, Mirta A. “Español para el hispanohablantes en los
Estados Unidos” USA: University Press of America , 2001.
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Hidalgo, Margarita. “Español para todos: Gramática y escritura
hispanohablantes de los Estados Unidos” USA: Montezuma Publishing, 2006.
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III.!
COURSE OBJECTIVE
Review of grammatical structures that present specific challenges for native
Spanish speakers; practical application on various contexts; reading, writing, and
conversation, emphasizing on spelling and accentuation.
IV.
EVALUATION
Weekly quizzes and final exam
Class participation/attendance & homework
Oral expression
V.
CONTACT HOURS
This course covers 45 contact hours
VI.
COURSE OUTLINE
LESSON 1
Communication objective
-! To talk about future actions.
-! To express plans.
-! To express conditions.
-! To express probability.
Linguistic content
-! Future.
-! Future perfect.
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-! Conditional.
-! Conditional Perfect.
Cultural objective
-! México D.F. a mega metropolis.
LESSON 2
Communication objective
-! To ask questions.
-! To deduct.
-! To express a doubt.
Linguistic content
-! Conditional use of probability.
-! Accidental actions.
-! Interrogative and exclamation expressions.
-! Relative pronouns.
-! Expressions with “tener”, “deber” y “haber”.
Cultural objective
-! Chocolate, food of gods.
LESSON 3
Communication objective
-! To compare.
Linguistic content
-! Special Uses of Certain Verbs.
-! Comparative and Superlative.
-! Irregular comparative.
-! Prepositions “ante”, “contra”, “desde”, “hacia”, “hasta” y “sin”.
Cultural objective
-! The new Latin rock.
LESSON 4
Communication objective
-! To express orders and commands.
-! To give instructions.
-! To express doubt and emotion.
Linguistic content
-! Familiar commands.
-! Formal commands.
-! Present subjunctive.
-! Present subjunctive with will and with emotion.
-! Present subjunctive with doubt and with denial.
Cultural objective
-! Politics, now and before.
LESSON 5
Communication objective
-! To express desire.
-! To express desired qualities.
-! To express hypothetical actions in the past .
Linguistic content
-! Present subjunctive with indefinite expressions.
-! Present subjunctive with relative clauses.
-! Present subjunctive with doubts expressions.
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Cultural objective
-! The “Quince Años” celebration.
LESSON 6
Communication objective
-! To express possible actions in the future.
-! To express conditions.
-! To describe hypothetical situations.
Linguistic content
- Time expressions.
-! Present subjunctive with time expressions.
-! Present and past perfect subjunctive.
-! “If” clauses (I, II).
Cultural objective
-! Medical advice for travelers.
LESSON 7
Communication objective
-! To express need.
-! To talk about unreal actions.
-! To complain.
Linguistic content
-! “If” clauses (III).
-! Hypothetical comparison “como si”.
-! Prepositional verbs.
-! Prepositional pronouns.
-! Passive voice.
Cultural objective
-! Marriage customs.
LESSON 8
Communication objective
-! To speculate .
-! To connect ideas.
-! To talk with idiomatic expressions.
Linguistic content
-! Uses of “se” passive and impersonal.
-! Diminutive and augmentative.
-! Nominalization.
-! Conjunctions.
-! Review of subjunctive.
-! Review of “ser” and “estar”.
Cultural objective
-! Music, dance, and folkloric dance.
Revised : October 2009